It funny (#pun) but I find some of the names listed above are good for the panel show / one liners environment, but for me do not stand up (#pun2) to an hour or so routine.
Best examples of this for me are Jon Richardson and John Bishop (think his stand-up is awful).

Dislike
Frankie Boyle (undoubtedly funny, loved the early MTW stuff, but jokes about the disabled etc go way beyond the grey that comedians thread so carefully!)
Ed Byrne (just really un-funny. Would be a total unknown were he not DoB’s best mate)

Kevin James does a very funny routine of women picking out what greeting card to buy in a shop. Versus a man doing it. It’s about 7 minutes long and is all mime. You can guess which one is 6 mins 45 seconds & which one is 15 seconds.

Jim Jeffries. Best around at the moment and for the last few years IMO. Saw him live in Jan and he was excellent

Mickey Flanagan is one of my other favorites too at the moment

Obvious ex ones - Billy Connolly, was still good in Dec, but sad to see him so frail
Roy Chubby BrownFreddy Starr
Dave Allen

Freddie Starr…Freddie Fcuking Starr?

Of all the stand up geniuses you could have chosen…Dermot Morgan, Ron White, Denis Carlin, Andy Kaufman, John Belushi…you went with Freddie Starr?

Mind blown !

Never saw any of their standup. I was going back through the comedy I grew up with and my Da used to always have the Billy, Freddy and Dave Allen on all the time. Then as I was in my teens my brother introduced me to Roy Brown who I used to remember crying laughing at. So, I have my reasons

Freddie Starr was brilliant.
Dunno who Denis Carlin is but George Carlin is/was one of the greats.
Tommy Cooper always one of many people’s favourites. Les Dawson had his moments.
Two of the funniest shows I ever saw (both at the Cat Laughs) were Greg Proops, and The Nualas.

The outright funniest show I ever saw was Jon Kenny in The Oarhouse restaurant in Howth. Two and a half hours without a break, I ran out of sides and tears.

Btw IMHO the Oar House is the best restraunt in H, albeit I haven’t made it there in about two to three years